Union Home Minister Amit Shah has sounded the BJP's poll pitch for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, declaring that the lotus will bloom in the state for a third time. Addressing party leaders, Shah targeted Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, challenging them to debate the Election Commission in a special parliamentary session. He accused the opposition of blaming the umpire after electoral defeats and claimed that the BJP would continue governing Uttar Pradesh for the next 30 years.